New firmware enables PS1 games on PSP through Remote Play

I like how shiny they are.

I dig everything, especially my PSP. Favorite system by far!

The analog stick on the PSP acts as L2/R2 when playing PS1 games.

Always has been. They mapped the L2/R2 buttons to left and right on the analogue nub (I'm actually saying nub, not calling you a n00b :D). It's incredibly lame. You would think that they would've designed the PSP with an extra nub and two extra shoulder buttons, especially since the thing was designed to play PS1 games.

I suppose you could counter with the argument "but Sony didn't plan on the PSP being able to emulate PS1 games, so they didn't know they'd require this." However, what are the odds of that? It was a crappy design decision on the part of Sony. When they first announced the PSP Slim, I was hoping that they'd add the two shoulder buttons and a second analogue stick on the thing.

Being able to play PS1 games on my PSP is cool, but the system is also crippled from the lack of the extra buttons. Because of this, you're not going to see any PS1 games in the PSN store that require dual-analogue input.

There are so few PS1 games that require dual-analog that it's a moot point. Ape Escape and Ore no Ryori are the only ones I can think of.

Agreed. I only remember Armored Core making heavy use of all the buttons. As for dual analog, soooo laughing about this bitch. Very few games used it (most used only one analog) and I've seen countless DS drops. Just imagine how many drops would occur with two nubs? I mean, they aren't exactly in the most secure position.

They upgrade their damn firmware.

Hippies.

All three of them?

luka if you only dig 3 of them then yes. thing is the PS3 has a lot more than that and the PSP has a whole lot more than it.

"You can also leave your favorite PS1 game in the drive and Remote Play that, if digitally distributed media ain't your thing."

So...mmm...why would you want/have to rebuy all the games you already own?


I hate people that rip games, then claim that it is completly legal because they had already bought the game...yet I bet most of them have lost said game by now...you lose a game, you HAVE to rebuy it...(or look for it, sigh)

I rip games from my own collection so yes it's legal.

I firmly believe once you won hardware or software you can and should do whatever the F you want with it. Mod it, rip it, smash it, sell it. You purchased all those rights when you plunked down the cash to buy the system or software in the first place.

Politicians who make these "laws" that govern your fair use of products YOU purchase have no idea what is going on around them. They see X amount of money in campaign fund from Y source and vote accordingly. Any monkey with half a brain can poop out the same crap on capital hill.

I don't know how remote play actually works and I don't really care. I'm not going to purchase a PS3 so I can play all my PS1 games I already own how about that. I'll gladly keep ripping them to ISO and playing them on my PSP whenever I want.

Just keep being a good little consumer whore and keep buying all the same content over and over.

"I firmly believe once you won hardware or software you can and should do whatever the F you want with it. Mod it, rip it, smash it, sell it. You purchased all those rights when you plunked down the cash to buy the system or software in the first place."

yes, I believe in what you say, but there is people out there that even after having sold said software/hardware, they still think they got all the rights over them, which isn't right...

Also people that lose a piece of hardware (in which case, CDs are implied), have NO RIGHTS over it...hey, you lost it, you can't blame someone else for it (and if you can, make such person buy you a new one)

So yah, unless lost or sold, I believe on having the freedom to do whatever you want with the items you purchase.


"I'm not going to purchase a PS3 so I can play all my PS1 games I already own how about that. I'll gladly keep ripping them to ISO and playing them on my PSP whenever I want."

the whole point of this feauture through remote play is that you wouldn't have to save all of those games on your memorystick...way to let anger take over about something that you didn't even understand...

what sony is doing is way above and beyond what nintendo tried to do with their gameboy.

the gamecube/gameboyadvance interoperability was never really there and in order to play gameboyadvance games on the gamecube you had to buy a separate player which had problems of its own.

Oh, no doubt the Sony set up is way more advanced than anything Nintendo tried to do - both due to the technology leaps and Sony caring about more than just using the handheld to control games - but the basic idea of connecting a handheld to a home system is something I remember them being dismissive of.

You can. Put the desires PS1 game in your PS3. Reading the article FTW!

"Or better yet, why can't you use your existing library of PS1 games?"

You can, but the secret lies in reading the article. Spread the word!

The way that I read the post it sounded like you could if you put one in the drive? Any info on this?

Would be nice if you could create an image on the PS3 HD and just pull from there...

D'oh, I blame Joystiq for this confusion! XD

they need to bring back aibo or qrio

Have Aibo or Qrio swap discs for you over teh intarnets? Brilliant!

That is the most brilliant idea ever.